Sonnet LX. Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore...
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end;
Each changing place with that which goes before,
In sequent toil all forwards do contend.
Nativity, once in the main of light,
Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd,
Crooked elipses 'gainst his glory fight,
And Time that gave doth now his gift confound.
Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth
And delves the parallels in beauty's brow,
Feeds on the rarities of nature's truth,
And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow:
And yet to times in hope my verse shall stand,
Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand.
Soneto LX
Como en la playa al pedregal las olas,
Nuestros minutos a su fin se apuran,
Cada uno desplaza al que ha pasado
Y avanzan todos en labor seguida.
El nacimiento, por un mar de luces,
Va hacia la madurez y su corona;
Combaten con su brillo eclipses pérfidos
Y el Tiempo sus regalos aniquila.
El Tiempo orada el juvenil adorno,
Surca de paralelas la hermosura,
Se nutre de supremas maravillas
Y nada existe que su hoz no abata.
A pesar de su mano cruel, mi verso
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